Device for placing travelers on the rings of spinning-machines.



. A. P. HURT.

DEVICE FOR PLACING TRAVELERS ON THE KINGS OF SPINNING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1909.

Patented Sept. 15, 1911 NMW ' a citizen of the United States, residing at UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBROSE P. HURT, OF ANDERSON. SOUTH CAROLINA. ASSIGNOR. BY MESNE. ASSIGN- MENTS, TO HOWARD D. .COLMAN, LUTHER L. MILLER, AND HARRY A. SEVERSON, GOPARTNERS DOING BUSINES S AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, AS BARBEBI-COLM-AN COMPANY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 15 1914 Application filed June 21, 1909. Serial No. 503,495. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE PETER HURT,

Anderson, in the county of Anderson and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Placing Travelers on the Rings of Spinning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

As is ,well known to those skilled in the textile art, therings of'spinning and twisting machines are commonly provided with devices known in the art as travelers. These travelers are small semicircular wire devices having their edges bent inwardly toward each other, leaving a space therebetween so that the travelers may be caused to embrace -the flange of thespinning ring. It is common practice in mills to keep a quantity of these travelers loosely in a suitable receptacle, from which the operative takes a traveler and by holding it between the thumb and finger places it upon the flange of the spinning ring. In such a method the-travelers become entangled together in chains or bunches in the receptacle so that it is diflicult to separatea single traveler from the mass. In so separating a traveler, a portion of the mass is commonly picked up and shaken more or less violently to release single travelers, and in this way,

many of the travelers escape from the mass and fall to the floor, and owing to their small individual value arenot picked up. Owing to the fact that these travelers are very small, in many instances not over onefourth inch at their largest diameter, it is a tedious and troublesome operation to apply them to the spinning ring by hand and requires considerable experience on the partof the operator. In so applying travelers by hand, many of them escape from the operator and are not recovered. The aggregate loss of travelers in the manner hereinbefore mentioned is considerable.

'My invention contemplates a device adapted to contain a series of travelers and arranged to quickly and efl'ectively place individual travelers upon the spinning machine rings.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a magazine or carrier and! means for tak ng a traveler from the carrier and forcibly springing it upon" the flange of'the ring.-

In a copending application Ser. No. 503,--

494, filed June 21, 1909, which shows adi-f ferent embodiment, I have broadly claimedthe invention, but while the present case is dlrected 'to the specific construction, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the details herein shown except as provided in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a traveler placing device embodying the features of my invention Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal central section Fig. 3 is a section on through the device. the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the device in operative relation to a spinning ring. Fig. 4 1s a section similar to Fig. 3 but showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 5 is a section on line '5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary face view of the forward portion of the device. I

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a casing A of tubular form, disposed longitudinally within whichis a carrier in the form of a rod B adapted to slid ably support a series of travelers. For convenience 1n description, I- shall herein term the side of the device adjacent to the spin-.

inn rang the face and the opposite side the The face of the casing A has a slot (1 extending longitudinally thereof and the rod B has a spline b fixed thereto which is adapted to fit in the slot a for holding the rod B in proper-position. As shown in Fig. 5, the spline has an enlargement arranged to abut against the inner side of the casing adjacent the slot or and said spline is provided with a threaded screw 6 extending Y outwardly through the slot (1, said screw. be ing provided at its outer end with a thumb nut 6 adapted to clamp the spline b. and. the rod B in position in the casing A.

The rear end of the casing A is provided with a cap A having an exteriorly screwthreaded flange adapted to be turned into the interiorly threaded end of the casing A.

The rear end of the rod B isarranged to fit within a recess in the inner side of the cap A, and said cap carries an adjusting screw C which is threaded in the rear end of the rod B. By turning the screw C, the rod B may be shifted longitudinally for a purpose to appear hereinafter.

The forward portion A of the casing A is enlarged somewhat and the extreme forward end thereof is closed bysuitable means such as the plug D4 Slidably mounted within the enlarged end A of the casing is a head D arranged to be normally held in its rearmost position by means of a coiled spring d positioned between said head and the plug D. The rearward movement of the head is limited by a shoulder formed on the casing A.

The rear face of the head D has a boss 'cZ thereon arranged to extend close to the forward end of the rod B for the purpose of preventing the accidental escape of travelers mounted within the enlarged portion A to move between the forward end of the rod most position.

B and the head D, said slide being provided at its outer end with a finger piece for sliding it. A spring G of any suitable form tends to hold the slide F in its outer- The inner-edge of the slide F is curved as indicated at f to conform to the shape of the travelers. A longitudinal groove 6 is formed in the face of the en'- larged portion A of the casing A, said groove being adapted to receive the flange H of the spinning ring H.

A transverse slot E is formed through the face 'of the enlarged portion A in a line with the slide F, through which slot the travelers i with travelers.

are ejected by said slide.

The operation of the device is as follows: The cap A is removed from the rear end of the casing and the carrier rod B is loaded The rod is then adjusted in the casing, if necessary, by means of the adjusting screw C to space its forward end at the proper distance from the head D according to the size of the travelers to be used.

The device is brought into operative relation to the spinning ring by the positioning the forward end thereof so that the groove 6 receives the flange H of said ring, as shown in Fig. '3. Upon moving the slide F inwardly, the foremost traveler which has assumed the position directly under said slide will be engaged and the head D by the cam action of the inclined upper edge of the boss d will be moved forwardly to permit the traveler and the slide F to pass between the boss d and the forward end of therod B.

As has been previously stated, the spline b is at the face side of the casing A, and the travelers by reason'of the fact that they straddle the spline t whennpon the rod, are in such position with reference to the flange H of the spinning ring that they will straddle the inner edge of the flange when ejected by the slide F, and upon furthcr movement of the slide, the travelers will be sprung over the further edge of the flange H. v

It is sometimes desirable to assist the application of the traveler-by givingthe casing-A a swinging movement in the direction of the movement of the traveler to carry the traveler over the further edge of the flange. The extreme position of the swinging movement is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4:. When the traveler has been ejected from the device, the casing is tipped to cause the travelers'to slide by gravity to the forward end of the rod B so that a traveler will come into position to be ejected.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the device herein disclosed provides a magazine from which travelers may be Withdrawn individually so that the loss by waste occasioned by keeping them in bulk is ob viated, and in addition to this result, provides an implement with which travelers may be applied to the spinning rings quickly and efiectively.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device for placing travelers, in combination, a tubular casing longitudinally grooved upon its outer side to receive a flange of a spinning ring; a rod disposed longitudinally within said casing and adapted to slidably support a series of travelers, one end of said rod being (adjacent to said grooved portion and being unobstructed so that travelers may move cfi' said end; a springpressed member positioned adjacent said end and adapted to prevent the accidental escape of travelers therefrom; and means adapted to engage a traveler and move it past said spring-pressed member and onto the spinning ring.

2. In a device for placing travelers, in combination, a tubular casing longitudinally grooved upon its outer side to receive a flange of a spinning ring; a rod disposed longitudinally within said casing and adapted to slidably support a series 'of travelers, one end of said rod being adjacent to said grooved portion and being unobstructed so that the travelers may be moved freely off said end; a spring-pressed member adjacent said end adapted toprevent the accidental escape of travelers therefrom, said member having acam surface; and a slide arranged mi i 7 the spinning ring flange.

3. In a device for placing travelers, in

combination, a hollow casing longitudinallygrooved upon its outer side to receive a ange of a spinning ring; a traveler-carrying rod Within said casing; one end'of said rod being adjacent to said grooved portion a spring-pressed head slidable in said casing adjacent said end of the rod and preventing accidental escape of travelers from said rod, and means for ejecting travelers from said casing.

4:. In a device for placing travelers, in combination, a hollow casing; a travelercarrier within said casing, a spring-pressed head slidably mounted Within said casing adjacent to the end of said traveler-carrier for preventing accidental escape of the travelers therefrom; and means for ejecting a traveler from said casing.

5. In a device for placing travelers, in combination, a tubular casing longitudinally grooved upon its outer side to receive a flange of a spinning ring; a traveler-carrying rod disposed lon itudinally within said casing, the cross-sectional form' of said rod corresponding generally to the interior form of travelers; means for preventing accidental escape of travelers from the discharge end of the rod, said end of the rod bein adjacent to said groove; and means moving transversely of the rod for ejecting a traveler, said ejecting means moving from the side of said rod opposite said groove.

6. In a device for placing travelers, in combination, a tubular casing; a travelercarrying rod disposed longitudinally within said casing; a spline attached to said rod and running substantially throughout, the length thereof; means for preventing accidental escape of travelers from the discharge end of said rod; and means moving transversely. of said rod for ejecting a traveler, said ejecting means moving from the side of said rod opposite said spline.

7 In a devic for placing travelers, in combination, a casing; a traveler-carrier in said casing, said casing having a longitudinal groove in one face thereof adapted to receive the flange of a spinning ring, and having a slot through said face intersecting said groove; and means forejecting a traveler through said slot and springing it upon said flange.

8. A device for applying travelersto spinning rings, com-prislng a body having a tip recessed to engage the flange of a ring, a carrier to supply travelers one by one adjacent the recess ofthetip, and a pusher having an irregular edge to discharge the traveler that is adjacent the recessed tip and spring it over the top of the ring.

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMBROSE P. HURT.

Witnesses: I

J. C. SHEARER, O. S. MAULDIN. 

